Roller coaster
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A roller coaster, or rollercoaster, is a type of amusement ride that employs a form of elevated railroad track designed with tight turns, steep slopes, and sometimes inversions.
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Major roller coaster manufacturers
- Allan Herschell Company (defunct, merged with Chance Rides)
- Arrow Development (acquired by Huss Trading Corporation, formed into Arrow-Huss)
- Arrow Dynamics (defunct, assets bought by S&S Arrow)
- Arrow-Huss (defunct, reformed as Arrow Dynamics)
- B.A. Schiff & Associates
- Bolliger & Mabillard
- Bradley and Kaye (defunct)
- Chance Morgan
- Chance Rides
- Custom Coasters International (defunct)
- D. H. Morgan Manufacturing (acquired by Michael Chance, formed into Chance Morgan)
- Dinn Corporation (defunct)
- Dynamic Structures
- E&F Miler Industries
- Fabbri Group
- Gerstlauer
- Giovanola (defunct)
- The Gravity Group
- Great Coasters International
- Hopkins Rides
- Intamin
- Mack Rides
- Maurer AG
- Martin & Vleminckx
- Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters
- Pinfari (defunct)
- Premier Rides
- Preston & Barbieri
- Reverchon Industries (defunct)
- Ride Engineers Switzerland
- Rocky Mountain Construction
- Roller Coaster Corporation of America (defunct)
- Sansei Technologies
- S&S - Sansei Technologies (formerly known as S&S Worldwide)
- SBF Visa Group
- Schwarzkopf (defunct)
- TOGO (defunct)
- Vekoma
- Zamperla
- Zierer
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